The interstitial bryozoan fauna from Capron Shoal, Florida

Title Variants

Alternative: Interstitial bryozoans

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2865

By

Winston, Judith E.

Hakansson, Eckart

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1986

Notes

Title from caption.

"December 18, 1986."

"A unique fauna of interstitial bryozoans has been found encrusting sand substrata on a high-energy shoal off the Atlantic coast of Florida. This fauna includes juveniles of two species of free-living cupuladriids, as well as nine new species (one new genus) apparently adapted to interstitial conditions and characterized by small size, simplified colony structure, and very early reporduction. Other species known from larger substrata were also found encrusting interstitial sand and shell grains at Capron Shoal. The 'interstitial refuge' may be importnat in explaining the broad species distributions of encrusting bryozoans along mostly sandy continental shelves"--P. [1].

Subjects

Atlantic Coast , Bryozoa , Florida , Interstitial animals

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2865, 1986

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 15999906